JUNEAU, Alaska, March 30 -- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) yesterday sent a letter to the State of Alaska asserting that the State has not met what is known as the "maintenance of equity" requirement under the American Rescue Plan Act for the additional school funding sent out during COVID-19. The Alaska Department of Education disputes that claim in the strongest possible terms.  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on March 29, 2024: * * * If you read the mainstream papers and blogs and spend just a little bit of time on social media these days, you will see, read, and be told that the education sky is falling. The people promoting this narrative might be right, but not just because of funding. Education in Alaska needs reform. I've been very transparent in my conversations with the Legislature, school district admi  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on March 28, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * In January 2024, there were a total of 6,124,000 unemployed people and 8,863,000 job openings in the United States, yielding a ratio of 0.7 unemployed person per job opening. The national job openings rate was 5.3 percent. Maryland and North Dakota were among the states with the lowest numbers of unemployed people per job openin  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SEATTLE -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle arrested 13 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving illicit narcotics during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 - 26. "Our communities ha  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced an 11-state lawsuit challenging President Biden's second attempt at unconstitutional student debt cancellation. Attorney General Bird took Biden to court as part of a 2022 lawsuit challenging his earlier student debt scheme. The lawsuit accused the Biden Administration of illegally canceling $430 billion in student loans and   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 30 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced his office, in collaboration with 10 other state attorneys general, is suing Joe Biden over his administration's latest student loan forgiveness scheme. The Kansas Attorney General's Office filed the lawsuit today in federal court. "Once again, the Biden administration has decided to steal from the poor and give to the rich. He  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 30 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition today of 11 state attorneys general suing the Biden Administration over its latest illegal attempt at student loan forgiveness. The lawsuit was filed today in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas Wichita Division. "In Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court made clear that the President cannot unilateral  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Communications issued the following Spring News roundup on March 29, 2024: * * * A roundup of recent headlines from around the agency--hear about new Hawaiian monk seal pups, environmental DNA, new fish species, killer whale diversity, and more. * * * We're back with a spring roundup of the latest news from around the agency. The work we do at NOAA Fisheries spans oceans, regions, coasts, and tim  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the availability and individual state allocations of approximately $811 million in funding to states, territories, and native entities to empower individuals and communities with the tools, skills, and opportunities to  more